Monday, February 25, 2008
Just got home from Orchard after having dinner with the JC gang. Always get this nostalgic feeling after gathering - I MISS THOSE DAYS!!! Life is so stress now. Been ages since i laugh so much..
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Dinner was at:
Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe @ cineleisure
Website: http://www.xinwang.com.sg/
My 2nd visit to this cafe, wouldn't say that my first impression of the place has changed much. Comparing it to the other HK cafes in Singapore that i've been to so far, i would say that there're still plently room for improvements for this cafe.
The Food
It can be easily noticed that there're only selected dishes that are popular among customers. For instance, the cheese baked rice and the newly introduced chicken curry. I've tried both dishes, they're indeed good. So would definately recommend you these two dishes if you're planning to dine there.
Since it's my 2nd visit there, i decided to try a new dish. So i selected the black pepper chicken with rice & egg. It's a relatively simple dish so i don't see why i have to pay $8.50 for it. However, a good point that i want to bring up is that they're generous with their serving. The serving of the chicken was rather reasonable and combined with the black pepper sauce, the dish was not bad at all.
I'm disappointed with the mee sua though. The mee sua didn't look like mee sua at all, it looked more like the you mian from the Ban Mian stall.
The Service
I was initially pretty satisfied with thier services - the way the waiter attended to us during the taking of orders and the rate at which they serve our food. But the following changed my perception completely: (i) waiters/waiteresses kept coming to check whether they had served all the dishes in which we had ordered and (ii) waiters/waitresses clearing away the dishes immediately after a person has finish eating. It kind of signalled to me that they're chasing us out once we finish eating and paying up. It is just my own perception, so don't take it at face value.
All in all, would say that it's just an ordinary cafe.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
在某一集的康熙来了，听见了一段话，让我影响深刻。
当时的话题围绕着爱情，而来宾都各自诉说了他的一段感情故事。
详细内容也不太记得了。只记得主词人大概说了以下的内容：
“那女生可能是因为习惯没有你的日子，发现到没有你她也能一样过的快乐，才和你分手的”
我好像也属于这一种女生吧。你一旦忽略了我，我便会在孤独中寻找自己的出路。渐渐地，我会发现没有你的日子，我还是能好好地一个人过。
对于亲情，不能缺乏。
对于友情，非常珍惜。
对于爱情，不再渴望。
此时此刻，我过的很满足。
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Finally met up with fengkai and adrina today. We've been like postponing our meet-ups several times due to our different schedules. The last time we met was last year, sometime near adrina's birthday, whereby we had dinner at Manhatten Fish Market.
This time, we had lunch at Tao's Restaurant. To view the pictures of the delicious food that we've ordered, here is the link:
http://ladyironchef.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/taos/. He has already done a review on the food, so i shall save the words and use them in future entries.
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Thanks guys for being such great lunch companion despite the fact that i'm always stoning and at a different frequency. haahaaa...the incident whereby i mistook what adrina meant was hilarious: adrina was saying 评分[ping fen], meaning to rate the individual dishes and i mistook what she say as 平分[ping fen], which meant sharing the dishes equally. -_______-"
I shall go catch up on my sleep before i start stoning again in front of the computer...
~ciaoz
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Every year, the whole family will dine together on the 2nd day of CNY. So this year, there's no exception. Eldest aunt made a booking at Zhou's Kitchen @ Far East Square this year based on the numerous recommendations she recieved from her customers, with one of them working as the captain in the restaurant. Before today, i never knew that there was a chinese restaurant called Zhou's Kitchen.
Zhou's Kitchen (周庄)7-10 Amoy Street#01-01
Singapore 049949
website:
http://www.tunglok.com/Zhou's Kitchen is one of the many dining hangouts belonging to Tung Lok Group. The restaurant offers all-time chinese favourites, as well as well-loved private recipes of the group's founder & executive chairman's family.
Being CNY, they offered a variety of CNY 8-course set meals for us to choose from. But we decided to select our own course meals. Aunt was the one ordering the food, recommending us those that she had tried before. Since i'm equipped with my dad's camera, I managed to take shots of the many dishes that we had ordered.
Coffee-sauced prokribs - a rating of 5/5. the aroma of the coffee together with the tender and juicy prokribs lingers in your mouth after a bite at it. it's absolutely heavenly.
Beijing Duck - a rating of 2/5. it's my first time eating beijing duck. all i can recall after eating it is the oily oily taste. i had no idea it was actually duck skin until the waitress brought out the duck and sliced off the skin right in front of us. the duck meat came in the form of 2 other dishes, one was diced duck meat and the other i couldn't recall.
Cereal Prawns - a rating of 4/5. i love the cereal, which tasted quite different from the ones i eat before. however, the serving was a abit small, everyone only managed to have one prawn. wish there were more.
Toufu with vegetable & mushrooms - a rating of 5/5. another one of my favourite dish that scored a full mark in its rating. this wasnt a dish we had in mind cos we intially ordered brocolli with scallop. however, brocolli was all sold out so aunt's friend suggested that we order this instead. And wow, it wasnt a bad choice. take a small bit of the toufu and go together with the sauce, it's yummilicious.
Red bean paste + nian gao - a rating of 4/5. the combination of the two was a perfect ending for the meal. the nian gao was so yummy that i didnt had time to even take a snapshot of it and it was all gone. luckily there was enough to go around.
[the dishes that i didnt manage to take photos of are: the Yu sheng, the crab & the noodles]
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the day didnt end just there, dad drove slowly along the expressway hoping that we could catch a glimpse of the firework display. if you're wondering did we manage to see it, yep, we did. haahaa..after that, dad drove us to Changi Airport T3. we took a walk around the new terminal before heading home :)
And now back from the airport, i'm feeling so energetic..shall load some shows to watch online before going to sleep.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
It's weekend and yet my day started off with going back to school for Company Law make-up class. Can't stand law classes, they're boring and dry. Someone please safe me from such a torturous module!!!
After class, i headed over to CS hse to meet the JC gang for steamboat. Come to realise that even though i said i'll be late, i'm usually the earlier one. Maybe next time i can add an hr of buffer time to the agreed time. Anyway, lunch was a simple affair, the highlight of the day was probably watching them play mahjong. Am not a mahjong fan, so i just sat aside watching the game, relaxing and resting, cos so long as i'm not at home, i've got an excuse not to do work. haahaa..
Though not alot of people could make it for the lunch today but it was nice seeing everyone after so long :)
Friday, February 01, 2008
Turned 22 today..many thanks to those who sent along birthday wishes. It was a good day by any measure: I had a healthy appetite and the love of family and friends.
At 12pm, i met up with anna and adrina at holland village to lunch together..We were spoilt for choice as there were plenty of cafes to choose from..Eventually, we settled down at Essential Brew Tea Cafe & Restaurant..The place was very quiet, a complete opposite of what i had experienced when i came in the evening..
Essential Brew Tea Cafe & Restaurant269 Holland Ave (Holland Village)
Singapore 278990
Despite the fact that it is located at Holland Village, I would say that the price of food here is rather reasonable and is definitely an ideal place for friends to hang out. The lightings and deco of the place set the perfect ambience for chilling out. The servings were good as well.
To kick off lunch, we ordered Breaded Mussels, Striploin Swizzle Sandwich, Berries of the Forest (floral tea), Dance of tea & double scoop New Zealand ice-cream [p.s. my camera is spoilt so wasn't able to take any pictures of the food] Would definately recommend the sandwich..Taking a bite on the sandwich with cheese and a slice of beef patty in between makes the meal so satisfying..And in case u're wondering what Dance of tea actually is..please don't be fooled by the name, it's actually chocolate milk tea...kind of regretted ordering it cos didnt find the drink any special from the ones you get from Sweet Talk...
The total bill for this satisfying meal came up to $41.85 :)
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After lunch, adrina accompanied me to Orchard for shopping..though we didnt buy anything in the end, sis, it was fun shopping with you..hahaa...still remember we saw this lady in this pair of "unique" heels outside Charles & Keith @ Wisma...
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Dinner was at Great World City around 9pm with another friend. This time was a restuarant which serves American cuisine. It's called
Country Spoon. As the name suggests, the decor is simple and even ordinary, giving diners a country side feel. The food was average and it's definately a place whereby i wouldn't go back a 2nd time.
Ans what comes after dinner is definately dessert. Been wanting to go to the Cheesecake Cafe @ East Coast for very long. Finally, today i've got the chance to satisfy my cravings.
The Cheesecake Cafe685 East Coast Road, Singapore 459054
A stone's throw away from Siglap centre, this place offers a range of cheesecakes. Didn't get a chance to look at the interior of the cafe though cos it was pretty crowded at that time. Many were working adults who were enjoying & relaxing over a slice of cheesecake after a hard day at work. Took a quick look at the menu, which came in the form of a dvd box (which i thought was very hard to read), before deciding upon ordering a slice of peanut butter cheesecake & chocolate cheesecake. I didn't like the peanut butter cheesecake. The taste of the peanut butter covered that of the cheesecak making me feel as though i was eating plain peanut butter. On the other hand, the chocolate cheesecake was yummilicious. The sweetness of chocolate together with the cheesecake was to my liking.
However, prices of the cakes are abit steep though, considering that you can get cheesecakes at half price after certain hours in quite a handful of cafes.
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off to bed now...ciaoz :)
am growing as the time ticks
